Ornamented leather article



Jan. 13, 1,523,329

J. l. WISEMAN ORNAMENTED LEATHER ARTICLE Filed April 8, 1924 r 8 lil ll| l 1 7A 4 HI mum H ,4 16 lHl 11 W H HIV 7 INVENTOR.

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Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

JACOB I. WISEMAN, or MIDDLETUWN, new Yonnsssrenon TO LEATHERWEAR COMPANY, Inc, or rrrnnnn'rown, NEW YORK.

OBNAMENTED LEATHER ARTICLE.

Application filed April 8, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB I. I/VIsEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamented Leather Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an ornamented leather article, such as a belt, purse, pocketbook, card case, gloves, book covers, hand bags, suit cases, shoes, sporting goods, Watch fob traps and in fact any article made of leather or covered with leather, and has for its object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, an article constructed of leather or having the outer covering of leather and with the outer face of the article or covering inlaid with one or several different colors, in stripes, thereby materially enhancing the appearance of the article.

Further objects of the invention are to provide an ornamented leather article, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, whereby the ornamentation thereof is inexpensively applied to the outer face of the article and when so applied gives to the article an unusually distinctive and refined appearance, and further whereby the ornamentation will be arranged inwardly with respect to the outer surface of the article to prevent injury to the ornamentation when the article is used.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel con struction, combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ornamented belt constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view, in cross section, of the strip of leather ornamented in accordance with this invention.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view, in front Serial No. 705,101.

elevation, of an ornamented strip of leather in accordance with this invention.

Figure 5 a section on line 5-5, F igure 4.

This invention can have the ornamentation thereof to indicate the color or colors of a college, or the ornamentation may be such as to enhance the appearance of the article, for any other suitable purposes. The ornamentation is in the form of stripes which can extend transversely or longitudinally of the article, prefe'ably longitudinally, and with such ornamentation of a different color from the color of the outer surface of the article. Preferably the ornamentation extends lengthwise with respect to the article.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, an ornamented leather article is illustrated in the form of a belt and 1 indicates the body of the belt, and has its outer surface 2 formed from end to end with a groove 3. The wall of the groove 3 is colored with any suitable material, as at 4, but the color of the material 4: is different from the color of the outer surface 2 of the body. The coloring material does not completely fill the groove 3, whereby such material will be positioned inwardly with respect to the outer surfaces 2, so that it cannot be danr aged or injured under ordinary conditions when the belt is worn.

In Fi ure 3 of the drawings, a body of leather o-has its outer face provided with a groove 6. The wall of the groove 6 is col ored by any suitable material, as indicated at 7, and with the color of the material different from the color of the outer surface 8 of the body 5. The coloring material 7 is arranged in the same manner as the col orino" material 3 with respect to the belt.

In Figures 4: and 5 of the drawings, a body or strip of leather is shown as having its outer face provided with a series of spaced grooves 9, 10, 11 and 12. which extend lengthwise of the strip 13, and the walls of the grooves 9, 10. 11 and 12 are colored respectively at 1 1. 15. 16 and 17, with any suitable material, but the coloring material for the walls of said grooves is different from the color of the outer surface 18 of the strip 13. The coloring materials 1 1 to 17 are different with respect to each other, that is to say. the wall of the groove 9 is differently colored from the wall of the groove 10, and the latter is differently colored with respect to the coloring material applied to the walls of the grooves 9 and 11, and the latter is of different color with respect to the color of the material which is applied to the grooves 9, 10 and 12, and the latter is of different color from that applied to the walls of the grooves 9, 10 and 11. The coloring materials 14, 15, 16 and 17 are arranged inwardly with respect to the outer surface 18 of the strip 13, so as to prevent damage or injury to such material, under ordinary usage of the strip 13.

The inlaying of the outer surface of the strip, or rather the providing of the outer surface of the leather with coloring material, in the manner as stated gives to the strip an unusually distinctive and refined appearance, and as before stated, the coloring material applied to the leather can be such as to indicate the color or colors of a college, and it is thought that the many advantages of an ornamented leather article, in accordance with this invention, can be readily understood, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, yet it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction can be had which will fall within the light of the invention as claimed.

WVhat I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture a belt comprising a flexible body portion having its outer surface provided with a semicylindri'c-al groove, and a coating of colored material applied throughout to the wall of said groove, said colored material of a color different from the said outer surface and of a thickness materially less than the depth of the groove whereby the outer face of the coating will be arranged inwardly with respect to said outer surface.

2. As a new article of manufacture a belt comprising a flexible body portion having its outer surface provided with a groove, and a coating of colored material applied throughout to-the wall of said groove, said colored material of a color different from the said outer surface and of a thickness materially less than the depth of the groove whereby the outer face of said coating will be positioned inwardly with respect to said surface.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature. hereto.

JACOB V I. WVISEMAN. 

